First public screening of a `talkie'
- Who
- Unknown
- What
- First
- Where
- Germany (Alhambra cinema,Berlin)
- When
- 17 September 1922
The earliest public presentation of sound-on-film was The Arsonist (Germany/USA 1922) a short drama made in the Tri-Ergon process, shown at the Alhambra cinema, Berlin, Germany on 17 September 1922. It starred Erwin Baron (USA), who played seven of the nine parts.